Why Is It Important to Seek a Doctor’s Advice Before Becoming Pregnant? 

Why Is It Important to Seek a Doctor’s Advice Before Becoming Pregnant? 

Becoming pregnant is a huge event – it’s life-changing for everyone involved. It’s certainly not something to rush into, and planning is important – it will make everything a lot easier for you and the rest of your family. 

Part of that planning should ideally be visiting your doctor before you become pregnant and even before you actively start trying to conceive. This might not seem like such an important step, but it really can help. Read on to find out why seeing your doctor when you decide to have a baby is crucial. 

• Assessing Your Overall Health

Before conceiving or trying to conceive, it’s important to know more about your overall health. It might be that you have underlying health conditions that haven’t caused you any issues, but that could make becoming pregnant more difficult, or that could even potentially be harmful to your baby as it grows. 

By seeking medical advice, you can have a thorough check-up which will give you all the information you need about whether you should start trying for a baby now or whether it would actually be better to wait until your own health is dealt with. The choice will always be yours, but listening to your doctor could save you a lot of problems down the road. 

• Assessing Your Reproductive Health

As well as a general check-up, you can speak to your doctor about your reproductive health as well. This is a question you should ask even if you don’t have any reason to think there might be an issue (it’s always best to know for sure), but if you have been trying to conceive and not having any luck getting pregnant, it’s definitely something you’ll need to investigate further. It might be that IVF treatment is the next step to take, but until you (and your partner) are assessed, you won’t know that this could be an option. You can also consider natural treatments like fertility acupuncture to help with both the physical and emotional aspects of fertility.

A doctor will be able to perform some useful tests, like those checking for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which can make conception more difficult. Plus, your doctor will be able to offer advice about the best times to conceive and prescribe helpful medicines and supplements such as inositol for ovulation support and reduction of androgen levels.

• Identifying Potential Genetic Risks 

There are some conditions that can be passed down from parents to children, and it’s a good idea to speak to your doctor to ascertain whether this is a risk for you and your partner. Once you know, you can then make an informed decision about what to do next. 

Not all genetic conditions are problematic, and your doctor will be able to give you all the advice you need. It might even be that discovering this trait helps you in your own life, and a lot of questions you might have had about your health will suddenly be answered. Although it might be scary to have these tests done and to know more about your own health and what might happen if you were to have a baby, it’s far better to know than not, so definitely ask your doctor for more information. 

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